Introducing New Ideas Into Organizations.

Preliminary Version of the Patterns [MS-WORD] [PDF]
The book is due to be published in early 2004. It will include an introductory chapter, a complete version of the patterns and case studies that use the patterns.

If you have used and/or written patterns, you are most likely aware that this literary form, and its corresponding process and community support, is providing potential for capturing best practices and communicating them between people in organizations and throughout the software industry. However, it is also quite likely that you have experienced some difficulty convincing others in your organization of this potential.

The spark for patterns (or any new idea) in an organization most often begins with one or more enlightened individuals who has heard about or used patterns (or another new idea) and is intrigued over the potential. It then becomes the task of these individuals to enlighten the rest of the organization. It is likely to be an easier undertaking if one has an understanding of the problems that may be encountered along the way and what can be done to address these problems.

[Introducing Patterns]

Posted for consideration. This is not exactly from an e-Learning perspective, but it may be useful. These are rather large documents.

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